Mammalia - Cingulata - Chlamyphoridae
Full reference: D. Barasoain, V. H. Contreras, R. L. Tomassini and A. E. Zurita. 2020. A new pygmy armadillo (Cingulata, Euphractinae) from the late Miocene of Andean Argentina reveals an unexpected evolutionary history of the singular Prozaedyus lineage. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 100:102589:1-13
Belongs to Prozaedyus according to D. Barasoain et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Prozaedius exilis, Prozaedius humilis, Prozaedius impressus, Prozaedius minimus, Prozaedius planus, Prozaedyus exilis, Prozaedyus humilis, Prozaedyus proximus, Prozaedyus tenuissimus
Type specimen: MSJ-317, a partial skull. Its type locality is Loma de Las Tapias, which is in a Chasicoan alluvial fan siltstone/mudstone in the Loma de Las Tapias Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Loma de Las Tapias
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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